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Sufi Civilities: Religious Authority and Political Change in Afghanistan Annika Schmeding New edition
Sufi Civilities: Religious Authority and Political Change in Afghanistan
Annika Schmeding
Based on long-term ethnographic field research among multiple Sufi communities in different urban areas of Afghanistan, the book examines navigational strategies employed by Sufi leaders over the past four decades to weather periods of instability and persecution, showing how they adapted to changing conditions in novel ways that crafted Sufism as a force in the civil sphere.
296 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 28, 2023 |
| ISBN13 | 9781503637535 |
| Publishers | Stanford University Press |
| Pages | 348 |
| Dimensions | 231 × 153 × 25 mm · 508 g |